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The Sun. (North Canton, Stark County, Ohio), 1931-11-25

1931-11-25-001

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ALL THE REAL NEWS AND SPECIAL
FEATURES CAREFULLY EDITED
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IT SHINES FOR ALL THE PEOPLE IN
NORTHERN STARK COUNTY
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An Independent Newspaper That Plays No Favorites Among Advertisers or Subscribers, and With One Price To All
VOL. 10.—NO. 4.
NORTH CANTON, STARK COUNTY, OHIO, NOVEMBER 25,1931.
$2.00 PER YEAR.
ONE GLORIOUS NIGHT
IS DUE IN DECEMBER
.Carnival Committee Busy With
Plans For What Promises To
, Be One of the Greatest Events
Ever Put On In North Canton
—Date Will Be Announced
Later In The Sun.
MONEY WILL GO TO NEEDY
The big carnival to be held in the
Community Building, as announced in
The Sun last week, for the benefit of
the relief of the few families in
North Canton and its environs, is going to be a success of the first magnitude.
Catching the enthusiasm of EIHsnB.
Schiltz, chairman of the Welfare Relief committee, the hundreds of persons who are prosperous and ,happy
'are glad of the "opportunity to help
others who have less, and they will
pack the big .building sometime in
December.
Date Not Definitely Set
The exact date lias not been decided upon by the committee, but it will
be sometime in December ami announced in The Sun.
The object is to keep the affair
apart" from Thanksgiving ' and
Christmas. In plain words, not to
make it too close to December 25, but
to strike a happy medium.
"Sometime in December," does not
mean the first week in December, a
member "pf the committee explained to
this writer for The Sun, and then he
went on to say that it will take time
to prepare for this great event, which
will probably be staged toward the
•middle of the month.
Several objections are heard, too,
against the first week as it would be
too early for the, Christmas spirit to
manifest itself. However, The Sun,
"knowing fthe members of the committee, feels certain they will plan "wisely and well."
Half-and-Half Party
-Suggestions of various kinds regarding the clothing to be worn on
the night of the carnival have reached niembers of the committee and also
The Sun. ,
. One member of the committee, who
has, had considerable experience in
.-such affairs, suggested that it be.
neither a "hard-time party" nor a
fashionable affair.
"Just let the ladies wear something
neat and the men, clothes too good for
the discard and I think we will accomplish our purpose.
;•" "You may say that this is going to
be the biggest thing ever conducted
to raise money in North Canton. The
tickets will be priced so that all can
buy several without even making the
slightest dent in the 'old roll,' and the
: fun- and pleasure will come, not in
drops, but in showers."
Told Without
Varnish
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HOME TOMORROW
The Rev. Paul A. Rempe Will Leave
Hospital Thursday Morning.
One family will have reapon to give
thanks on Thanksgiving day for
"Daddy's coming home today."
The Rev. Paul A. Rempe, pastor of
Zion Lutheran church, will leave
Aultman hospital on Thursday morning for his home on West Maple
street, The Sun was informed today.
Well, all North Canton will be
"tickled pink",to hear the news. Mr.
Rempe has endeared himself to all by
his tolerance and* straightforward
way of dealing with his fellow men.
Propped in bed in the hospital on
Tuesday he dictated his church notes
for Pulpit and Pew, for which he has
the sincere thanks of The Sun.
Wants Curb Cut
Mrs. Hermon, 226 West Bachtel
•street, appeared before Council on
Monday night and asked that the concrete curbing on the south side of the
street be cut so that her auto could
cross without jarring its inmates. Referred to street and alley committee.
Thanksgiving
By BEN LONG
TOMORROW is Thanksgiving day.
In the district served ,by The Sun
many persons will attend divine
services, and no doubt the pastors
will call attention to the fact that the
Pilgrims, when they initiated this festival, 310 years ago, did not. look at
life in just the way we do Ijoday.
Victims of the current business depression may see no special cause for
giving thanks this year for all the
magnified blessings we still enjoy.
With them it is a case of mental and
moral as well as a business "slump.
As stated above, the Pilgrims held a
different view-point. They dwelt upon how much worse things might have
been and thankfully rejoiced, after
countless hardships and losses during the eleven preceding months, that
they, the survivors, had reaped
enough'of Nature's bounty and of her
reward for their efforts, to keep them
still alive and going.
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F COURSE those were not the days
of mass production and mass reverses. Things were done on a
small, individualistic scale] There
was lack of comforts but no lack of
employment. No industrial parallel
can be drawn between the exigencies
of those crude pioneer days of handicraft and unexploited raw material
and these mechanistic times of gigantic collective processes.
But surely the Pilgrims' need for
faith was even greater than our own,
and they possessed it in the fullest
•degree. The standard of material living did not worry them, but the standard of life, of spiritual living, did give
them great concern, both in time of
reverses and in time of outward, physical prosperity.
They looked for spiritual more than
for material vindication, and the fact
that November, 1621, found them
triumphant over most savage obstacles must indeed have seemed to
them a divine vindication of their daring mission.
Faith had spurred them to their
great adventure; faith had sustained
them through jts cruel first stages,
and on their maiden Thanksgiving
day faith inspired their righteous rejoicing and their devout gratitude.
XXX
MAY we not borrow—or inherit—a
little of that faith today ? We all
f oresee a more and more materially prosperous America as part and
parcel of our ideal of national progress. And now is the time to prove,
or at least to, test, the courage of our
convictions. In his able address before the Rotary club of North Canton on Thursday evening, the Rev.
Dr. H. Nevan Kerst, pastor of Trinity Reformed church, Canton, a Ro-
tarion in that city, pointed out that
"we need a Thanksgiving day more
this year than for years, if only to
remind us that we have not been duly
thankful in the past for the many
great favors we receive as Americans.
We need faith." *~
Indeed we do, Dr. Kerst. A faith
which cannot stand the test of reverses is but a thing of shreds and
tatters, for reverses constitute faith's
opportunity:
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Thanksgiving day is now enshrined
in the heart of the nation*. It symbolizes every year the forward movement
of a great people. It expresses, or
should express, the humility of America rather than her pride, the dependence of the country on a Gracious
Providence rather than the self-sufficiency of the rich and satisfied.
The religious ideas of our forefathers have left an abiding conviction
that righteousness exalts a nation.
It is this heritage, more than any
other .blessing, that' should.move the
American of today to offer' up thanks
tomorrow.
[Continued on page five]
HEAD OF OHIO LEGION
TO SPEAK HERE DEC. 4
State Commander Paul M. Herbert of Columbus Will Address
Legionnaires, Auxiliary Members and the Public At Initiation Meeting In Auditorium
In Community Building.
IS AN ORATOR OF ABILITY
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Events in the Lives of Little Men
D
PAUL M. HERBERT
A man whose pleasing personality
dominates any group with which he
is identified is coming to North,Canton on Friday evening, Dec. 4, to make
an address at the public initiation
meeting of Post 419, American Legion, in the main auditorium of the
Community Building.
The man is Paul M. Herbert of Columbus, department commander of
The American Legion of Ohio.
Has a "Personality"
Columbus people learned 20 years
ago that Herbert had wnat is called
"personality" when as a young lad
from Findlay he stalked the Ohio
university campus. It was further
demonstrated when, in the A.E.F., he
became captain in a machine gun
battalion. And in the Ohio Legislature later-he became a recognized
leader,, contributing many forceful
words-in arguments,*Jong hours in labor "around^ the committee tables, and
useful lawbjCor the statute books.
BufsEALS
UNION SERVICES AT
9 A.M. ON THURSDAY
Congregations of Three Protestant Churches Will Take Part
In Thanksgiving Day Devotions In the Community Christian—Three Clergymen Will
Officiate.
FINE MUSICAL OFFERING
SIN OF INGRATITUDE
DISGUSTS DR. KERST
Canton Clergyman Declares
Thanksgiving Day Is a Good
Time To Take Stock of Ourselves So That We May >Not
Only Give Thanks, But Learn
To Say "Thanks."
A MUCH NEGLECTED WORD
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SP GREETINGS t"
The 1931 Christinas Health seals
bear the design shown above. The
Woman's club is handling their sale
and The Sun trusts everyone will buy.
This is a worthy enterprise, aiding in
the fight against, tuberculosis.
Girl Scouts To Help
The Girl Scouts are requested to
meet in the Community Building on
Saturday at one o'clock in the afternoon with their leader, Miss Eula
Gould, and Mrs. Roy Frye, from the
Woman's club of North Canton, to
receive the Christmas seals and start
the house to house canvas.
Treasurer's Bond Increased
At the Council meeting on Monday
night Guy Price, treasurer of the Village of North Canton, asked that his
bond be increased from $5000 to $25,-
000. Council adopted his suggestion.
Wants More Light
Mrs. Mame Beasecker asked Council on Monday night to furnish an
electric light on Pierce avenue. Referred to lighting committee.
Telling of the Activities of North Canton American Legion Post No. 419 and of the Legion Auxiliary
Calendar
Tuesday, Dec. 1: Card party in Legion rooms. Come and urge others to
corrie. > "". , , *'jf|j
Friday, Dec. 4: Initiation Meeting—
one of the biggest evenings of the
whole year. See next week's Sun
for further details.
Monday, Dec. 7: Next regular meeting.
Monday, Dec. 7: Sub-District meeting held at North Canton in connection with our regular local meeting.
(Notice: There will be three weeks
intervening between the last meeting
and the next one, instead of the usual
two weeks. This happens about twice
a year since we have fixed the first
and third Mondays of each, month—
except in summer—as regular meeting nights.)
Co-operation 'Asked
Following complaints that veterans
are reporting to government hospitals
and asking admittance without having
made the necessary arrangements, the
this practice is aggravating an already serious condition. They say
that while this sometimes tends to get
one particular veteran into a hospital, it more often results in confusion
and disappointment to the veteran who
travels from his hime to the hospital
and then finds that he can not be admitted.
National Rehabilitation Committee
During the months of July, August
and September the national rehabilitation committee of the American Legion, through its Washington and
field offices, recovered for veterans
and their dependents, without charge,
a total of $1,709,576.65 in disability
and death compensation, insurance,
disability allowance, and retirement
pay.
The committee's claim experts made
oyer 3J000 personal appearances before the various rating and appeal
boards of the Veterans Administration, in the presentation of claims in
"national rehabilitation committee of i behalf of veterans during that period,
Marksmen Shoot
Members of the rifle club of Akron
Post 209, the American Legion, are
holding weekly matches in the East
Akron postoffice building.
Pacifist "Test" At Ohio State
A suit has been instituted at Ohio
[Continued on back, page]
Because Thursday (tomorrow) will
be Thanksgiving ' day, there will be
no meeting of the Legion Auxiliary
this week. The next meeting is to be
held December 10.
Members are urged to attend the
10th District conference which is to
be held in Shreve on Wednesday,
December 9.
*
A timely address on Thanksgiving
day and the meaning of thanks was
delivered before the Rotary club of
North Canton on Thursday evening
by the Rev. Dr. H. Nevan Kerst, pastor of Trinity Reformed church, Canton, and a member of the Canton Rotary club.
He began by saying: "The American people need Thanksgiving day
more this year than for many years.
We cannot make any mistake what
the day stands for; its very name
comes right out and tells us. It is an
unique day. No other nation has such
a day.
"Although State and Church are
separate in the United States, there
is one day when a layman calls upon
all the people 'to rest from their daily
labors and in their homes and accustomed places of worship give devout
thanks for the blessings which a merciful Father has bestowed upon us.'
That layman is the President of the
United States."
Lack Grace of Gratitude
Doctor Kerst went on to say that
the majority of people lack gratitude
■—gratitude for favors received. That
they accept favors without even saying "thank you." "Ingratitude," he
declared, "is the basest thing in the
world.
"Look at the way a dog warms up
to you after you feed him; look into
his eyes and see his grateful look
merely because you patted him upon
the head; notice the way he wags his
tail when his master gives him a
pleasant word. Surely, we as human
beings, may take a lesson from the
humble dog.
"Strange that we should be lacking in this highly-prized grace. But
I regret to say that we, as a people, are lacking in this virtue.
The Ten Lepers
"Take the case of the ten lepers
mentioned in the New Testament.
One went back to say thanks for being restored to health, but the other
nine forgot to say thanks. It is the
same with us as a nation. We have
been so used to prosperity, we have
traveled at such a rapid pace, that we
never learned to say 'thanks.' Our
motto has been, 'Step up! Move on!'
Such speed makes us ungrateful.
Gratitude Requires Meditation
"We ought to take time to count
our blessings. Gratitude requires meditation. It is a delicate flower and we
ought to cultivate it. Let' us sit in
silence for awhile and count our blessings. Think of our childhood, our
relatives, our school teachers, books
we have read, our friends, and the
noble persons we have met and to
whom we owe much for guiding us or
contributing lo our welfare.
"Our land lias been prosperous, the
Lord has been good to us. We have
been flooded with the best in physical comforts, and as a result of having so much we have become dazed,
dumb, callous. 'Thank you,' we never
learned to say."
Dr. Kerst said that many persons
when they began to lose their sight or
the use of their limbs realized the
dangers they faced and were thankful
that conditions were not worse, but
he wanted men and women to be
thankful for the blessings they were
efljoying while* in.good health.
Are Expressing Gratitude
'(More people express gratitude to.-'
ACCIDENT POLICIES
ISSUED TO FIREMEN
THE REV. DR
KERST
day than they did in former years.
They feel more like saying 'thank
you' than when prosperity surrounded them and they had an abundance
of everything.
"So let us observe Thanksgiving day
as it deserves to be observed. The
millions who are prosperous and happy and well should be thankful for
the opportunity to help others who
have less; for the realization that materia) blessings have their obligations;
for the bountiful harvests that swell
our granaries.
"Yes, let us give thanks and let us
learn to say 'thanks.' "
Mayor Wolf and Councilmen
Continue the Good Work Inaugurated By Logan W. Becher and Frank M. Evans a
Number of Years Ago When
Members of the Body.
PRAISE FOR CHIEF SMITH
BUILDING AND LOAN
PROTECT DEPOSITOR
In These Times of Hard Sledding the Heads of These Institutions Are Displaying
Hard-Headed Common Sense,
and People's Savings Are Permanently Safe.
NOTED ECONOMIST'S VIEWS
W. A. Irwin, noted economist, has
a long and excellent article in the current issue of the American. Building
Association News of Cincinnati, a
magazine of large circulation, on
"Your Duty To Your Institution and
Your Business,"
Lack of space prevents The Sun
from using the article in full, but the
following extracts are well worth anybody's time and deserve more than a
second thought:
One of the things from which we
are suffering in this land today is the
fruit of a stupid refusal to face unpalatable facts when they were star-
A number of years ago when Logan
W. Becher was president of Council
and Frank M. Evans was a member
of the body they got their heads together and decided to give the brave
men who unselfishly serve the public
as members of the North Cantoii Fire
Department a Christmas present in
tlie form of an accident policy.
Their colleagues agreed with Becher and Evans that it was a graceful
thing to do, and so they voted to_ buy
policies for the firemen. The amount
wasn't much, but it showed appreciation for services well performed.
Increase the Amount
On Monday night Mayor Wolf and
the six members of Council decided to
increase the amount a man is to receive in case of accident or death.
The policy for 1931 is about to expire.
The new one is more elaborate in its
coverage. For instance, it provides
that if a volunteer fireman is injured
while present and assisting in extinguishing a fire; while going to or returning from a fire; while taking part
in a fire drill, or the trial of any fire-
fighting apparatus; or while on duty
as a volunteer fireman, he will be paid
the weekly benefit of $25, said benefit
to commence on the first day of disability, for a period of 52 weeks.
$1000 For Accidential Death
If the injury does not disable the
fireman but requires medical or surgical treatment the company pays the
cost thereof up to an amount equal
to one week's benefit.
In the event of accidental death it
pays $1000; loss of limb or sight,
$1000; loss of one hand, foot or eye,
$500.
The insurance was taken in the
Commercial Casualty Insurance company of Newark, New Jersey, through
C. F. McFadden, local agent for the
company.
Praise Chief. Smith
During the debate the name of Fire
Chief Joe Smith was used several
times. Tlie nice things said about the
valiant firemen's leader would have
caused him to blush had he been present. He did put in an appearance
later in the evening, but the bouquets
had been passed before he entered the
room.
Zion Lutheran, Zion Reformed and
The Community Christian churches
will hold a union service in The Community Christian church tomorrow
(Thanksgiving) morning at nine
o'clock.
The Rev. Melvin E. Beck, pastor of
Zion Reformed, will read, and the Rev.
Dr. E. P. Wise will pronounce the
benediction.
Pastor Rempe In Hospital
Deep regret i.s expressed concerning
the illness of the Rev*. Paul A. Rempe,
pastor of Zion Lutheran church, who
i.s in Aultman hospital recovering
from an operation. But many members of his congregation will be in
The Christian church and that will
warm the heart of the popular pastor when he hears the good news.
The Program
Organ Prelude: "Thanksgiving" ....
; Hosmer
Processional Hymn No. 343
Call to Worship (Congregation standing)
Minister: The Lord is in His holy
temple.
Let all the earth keep silence before
Him.
Doxology
(Congregation seated)
Responsive Reading No. G3 (back of
hymnal) Rev. M. E. Beck
Prayer Rev. M. E. Beck
Vocal Solo
Offertory: "Adagio Cantabile"
Beethoven
Reading of Thanksgiving Proclamation
Anthem: "Prayer of Thanksgiving"
Valerius-Kremser
Sermon: "Seeing The Important"
Hymn No. 234
Benediction Rev. Dr. E. P. *W*Sse
Organ Postlude: "Postlude," Lawrence
RELIEF MEETING
Committees Appointed To Take Care
of Needy Families.
CHANGING WINDS
Less than four years ago, President Hoover broke the Solid South.
Republicans were saying that the victories in Florida and Texas proved
that the old loyalties were no longer
felt.
And now, the Solid South is there
ing us in the face. A couple of years P again. Moreover, Michigan Repub-
[Continued on page seven] I Hcans are wondering if they can save
0 : i the State in next year's election.
President Hoover had more than half
a million more votes in Michigan than
- - * - * We call the
outside aid.
Ellis B. Schiltz presided at the
meeting in the Community Building
on Thursday night to discuss measures to relieve the distress of certain
families in North Canton. Representative men and women filled the hall
on the second story.
Mr. Schiltz called for suggestions.
He got them. Everyone agreed to
help, and do it quickly. Mr. Schiltz;
said the relief fund had received
$132.10 from the football game between the Nortli Canton high school
and Brewster high.
"Bob"'Willigmann is working with
Ellis Schiltz in relief work. Mr. Willigmann located sevei*al families needing coal. "I found the coal dealers
willing to do their share and the owners of trucks are giving us help," he
said to a writer for The Sun. "Coal
has pbeen , placed in several cellars.
Please say.for me In The Sun that I'll
appreciate it if any one in need will
call me. My phone number is 9210
and my address is 328 Portage street."'
Women On the Job '
Mrs. Gordon Curry and Mrs. R. C.
Willigmann spoke at the meeting.
Both ladies had excellent suggestions
to offer, as did Miss Esta Stoner. The
chairman thanked them for their interest. Mrs. Curry said the Legion
and Legion Auxiliary were working
to keep the wolf from the doorstep of
ex-service men and their families, and
she felt confident that with a little
extra pushing everybody in needy circumstances would be taken care of.
Mrs. Willigmann is busy helping
the needy in Canton, but she promised that her committee would do everything possible to relieve distress in
North Canton.
After the meeting Mr. Schiltz said'
to a writer for The Sun:
"For all these things and many
more our great united family of
North Canton ought to give thanks
on Thursday. Let pessimists tell of
our shortcomings. But we are optimists. We are going to do the right
thing for those in need, and we are
going to do it in the North Canton
way, which means with promptness
and without calling upon outsiders to
help us. When Spring arrives and
business revives we won't even think
of relief committees. There will be
no occasion to do so. But let this
sink into the minds of all: North Canton is not going to sit idle and see
one worthy person suffer. This town
has a heart."
ONLY $11,000,000,000
China is going in for planning, with! Alfred E. Smith in 192S.
itside aid. The government has j weather, barometer changeable but it
grandiose schemes for industrializing j is mild in its fluctuations as compared
the couiitry, calling for the expendi- with the political barometer,
ture of $11,000,000,000 for machinery
alone, during the next 10 years.
With any guarantee of security
over a reasonable period, China could
undoubtedly spend this vast sum and
make it* yield a profit. But until China
can guarantee that civil war will
cease and that the bandit armies will
be eradicated, it is difficult to see
where the . $11,000,000,000 will come
from, At present, China is hardly a
good, risk for a much smaller investment.
B. A. Gets An Answer
"As for that bronze wolf Rome is
to present to Cincinnati," writes B.
A. "it seems to me that Romolus, N.
Y., or Remus, Mich., have Ibetter
claims on the gift than has the city
called after Cincinnatus."—B o s t o n
Transcript.
Sez you! Well, try and get it away
from us! Besides, those two kids are
old enough now not to need a wolf for
a nurse.—Cincinnati Enquirer.
W. C. T. U. MEETS
Group To Give Program In Community Building On Dec. 1.
The W. C. T. U. will meet in the
Community Building at 2:00 p.m. on
December 1. The following program
has .been arranged with Mrs. Frank
Wise leading the devotional.
Mrs. Beulah Storks will speak- on
"Traffic Safety and Alcohol"; Mrs.
Grace Baughman, "Alcohol, the Foe-
of Efficience"; Mrs. Esther Climes,.
"The Optimist Hands the Pessimist,
a Few Facts"; Mrs. Bertha Willa-
man, "The Crusaders of '73." Music-
will be furnished by Mrs. Helen Jester.

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Not
Only Give Thanks, But Learn
To Say "Thanks."
A MUCH NEGLECTED WORD
ftA*
, CHRISTMAS)/"***
SP GREETINGS t"
The 1931 Christinas Health seals
bear the design shown above. The
Woman's club is handling their sale
and The Sun trusts everyone will buy.
This is a worthy enterprise, aiding in
the fight against, tuberculosis.
Girl Scouts To Help
The Girl Scouts are requested to
meet in the Community Building on
Saturday at one o'clock in the afternoon with their leader, Miss Eula
Gould, and Mrs. Roy Frye, from the
Woman's club of North Canton, to
receive the Christmas seals and start
the house to house canvas.
Treasurer's Bond Increased
At the Council meeting on Monday
night Guy Price, treasurer of the Village of North Canton, asked that his
bond be increased from $5000 to $25,-
000. Council adopted his suggestion.
Wants More Light
Mrs. Mame Beasecker asked Council on Monday night to furnish an
electric light on Pierce avenue. Referred to lighting committee.
Telling of the Activities of North Canton American Legion Post No. 419 and of the Legion Auxiliary
Calendar
Tuesday, Dec. 1: Card party in Legion rooms. Come and urge others to
corrie. > "". , , *'jf|j
Friday, Dec. 4: Initiation Meeting—
one of the biggest evenings of the
whole year. See next week's Sun
for further details.
Monday, Dec. 7: Next regular meeting.
Monday, Dec. 7: Sub-District meeting held at North Canton in connection with our regular local meeting.
(Notice: There will be three weeks
intervening between the last meeting
and the next one, instead of the usual
two weeks. This happens about twice
a year since we have fixed the first
and third Mondays of each, month—
except in summer—as regular meeting nights.)
Co-operation 'Asked
Following complaints that veterans
are reporting to government hospitals
and asking admittance without having
made the necessary arrangements, the
this practice is aggravating an already serious condition. They say
that while this sometimes tends to get
one particular veteran into a hospital, it more often results in confusion
and disappointment to the veteran who
travels from his hime to the hospital
and then finds that he can not be admitted.
National Rehabilitation Committee
During the months of July, August
and September the national rehabilitation committee of the American Legion, through its Washington and
field offices, recovered for veterans
and their dependents, without charge,
a total of $1,709,576.65 in disability
and death compensation, insurance,
disability allowance, and retirement
pay.
The committee's claim experts made
oyer 3J000 personal appearances before the various rating and appeal
boards of the Veterans Administration, in the presentation of claims in
"national rehabilitation committee of i behalf of veterans during that period,
Marksmen Shoot
Members of the rifle club of Akron
Post 209, the American Legion, are
holding weekly matches in the East
Akron postoffice building.
Pacifist "Test" At Ohio State
A suit has been instituted at Ohio
[Continued on back, page]
Because Thursday (tomorrow) will
be Thanksgiving ' day, there will be
no meeting of the Legion Auxiliary
this week. The next meeting is to be
held December 10.
Members are urged to attend the
10th District conference which is to
be held in Shreve on Wednesday,
December 9.
*
A timely address on Thanksgiving
day and the meaning of thanks was
delivered before the Rotary club of
North Canton on Thursday evening
by the Rev. Dr. H. Nevan Kerst, pastor of Trinity Reformed church, Canton, and a member of the Canton Rotary club.
He began by saying: "The American people need Thanksgiving day
more this year than for many years.
We cannot make any mistake what
the day stands for; its very name
comes right out and tells us. It is an
unique day. No other nation has such
a day.
"Although State and Church are
separate in the United States, there
is one day when a layman calls upon
all the people 'to rest from their daily
labors and in their homes and accustomed places of worship give devout
thanks for the blessings which a merciful Father has bestowed upon us.'
That layman is the President of the
United States."
Lack Grace of Gratitude
Doctor Kerst went on to say that
the majority of people lack gratitude
■—gratitude for favors received. That
they accept favors without even saying "thank you." "Ingratitude," he
declared, "is the basest thing in the
world.
"Look at the way a dog warms up
to you after you feed him; look into
his eyes and see his grateful look
merely because you patted him upon
the head; notice the way he wags his
tail when his master gives him a
pleasant word. Surely, we as human
beings, may take a lesson from the
humble dog.
"Strange that we should be lacking in this highly-prized grace. But
I regret to say that we, as a people, are lacking in this virtue.
The Ten Lepers
"Take the case of the ten lepers
mentioned in the New Testament.
One went back to say thanks for being restored to health, but the other
nine forgot to say thanks. It is the
same with us as a nation. We have
been so used to prosperity, we have
traveled at such a rapid pace, that we
never learned to say 'thanks.' Our
motto has been, 'Step up! Move on!'
Such speed makes us ungrateful.
Gratitude Requires Meditation
"We ought to take time to count
our blessings. Gratitude requires meditation. It is a delicate flower and we
ought to cultivate it. Let' us sit in
silence for awhile and count our blessings. Think of our childhood, our
relatives, our school teachers, books
we have read, our friends, and the
noble persons we have met and to
whom we owe much for guiding us or
contributing lo our welfare.
"Our land lias been prosperous, the
Lord has been good to us. We have
been flooded with the best in physical comforts, and as a result of having so much we have become dazed,
dumb, callous. 'Thank you,' we never
learned to say."
Dr. Kerst said that many persons
when they began to lose their sight or
the use of their limbs realized the
dangers they faced and were thankful
that conditions were not worse, but
he wanted men and women to be
thankful for the blessings they were
efljoying while* in.good health.
Are Expressing Gratitude
'(More people express gratitude to.-'
ACCIDENT POLICIES
ISSUED TO FIREMEN
THE REV. DR
KERST
day than they did in former years.
They feel more like saying 'thank
you' than when prosperity surrounded them and they had an abundance
of everything.
"So let us observe Thanksgiving day
as it deserves to be observed. The
millions who are prosperous and happy and well should be thankful for
the opportunity to help others who
have less; for the realization that materia) blessings have their obligations;
for the bountiful harvests that swell
our granaries.
"Yes, let us give thanks and let us
learn to say 'thanks.' "
Mayor Wolf and Councilmen
Continue the Good Work Inaugurated By Logan W. Becher and Frank M. Evans a
Number of Years Ago When
Members of the Body.
PRAISE FOR CHIEF SMITH
BUILDING AND LOAN
PROTECT DEPOSITOR
In These Times of Hard Sledding the Heads of These Institutions Are Displaying
Hard-Headed Common Sense,
and People's Savings Are Permanently Safe.
NOTED ECONOMIST'S VIEWS
W. A. Irwin, noted economist, has
a long and excellent article in the current issue of the American. Building
Association News of Cincinnati, a
magazine of large circulation, on
"Your Duty To Your Institution and
Your Business,"
Lack of space prevents The Sun
from using the article in full, but the
following extracts are well worth anybody's time and deserve more than a
second thought:
One of the things from which we
are suffering in this land today is the
fruit of a stupid refusal to face unpalatable facts when they were star-
A number of years ago when Logan
W. Becher was president of Council
and Frank M. Evans was a member
of the body they got their heads together and decided to give the brave
men who unselfishly serve the public
as members of the North Cantoii Fire
Department a Christmas present in
tlie form of an accident policy.
Their colleagues agreed with Becher and Evans that it was a graceful
thing to do, and so they voted to_ buy
policies for the firemen. The amount
wasn't much, but it showed appreciation for services well performed.
Increase the Amount
On Monday night Mayor Wolf and
the six members of Council decided to
increase the amount a man is to receive in case of accident or death.
The policy for 1931 is about to expire.
The new one is more elaborate in its
coverage. For instance, it provides
that if a volunteer fireman is injured
while present and assisting in extinguishing a fire; while going to or returning from a fire; while taking part
in a fire drill, or the trial of any fire-
fighting apparatus; or while on duty
as a volunteer fireman, he will be paid
the weekly benefit of $25, said benefit
to commence on the first day of disability, for a period of 52 weeks.
$1000 For Accidential Death
If the injury does not disable the
fireman but requires medical or surgical treatment the company pays the
cost thereof up to an amount equal
to one week's benefit.
In the event of accidental death it
pays $1000; loss of limb or sight,
$1000; loss of one hand, foot or eye,
$500.
The insurance was taken in the
Commercial Casualty Insurance company of Newark, New Jersey, through
C. F. McFadden, local agent for the
company.
Praise Chief. Smith
During the debate the name of Fire
Chief Joe Smith was used several
times. Tlie nice things said about the
valiant firemen's leader would have
caused him to blush had he been present. He did put in an appearance
later in the evening, but the bouquets
had been passed before he entered the
room.
Zion Lutheran, Zion Reformed and
The Community Christian churches
will hold a union service in The Community Christian church tomorrow
(Thanksgiving) morning at nine
o'clock.
The Rev. Melvin E. Beck, pastor of
Zion Reformed, will read, and the Rev.
Dr. E. P. Wise will pronounce the
benediction.
Pastor Rempe In Hospital
Deep regret i.s expressed concerning
the illness of the Rev*. Paul A. Rempe,
pastor of Zion Lutheran church, who
i.s in Aultman hospital recovering
from an operation. But many members of his congregation will be in
The Christian church and that will
warm the heart of the popular pastor when he hears the good news.
The Program
Organ Prelude: "Thanksgiving" ....
; Hosmer
Processional Hymn No. 343
Call to Worship (Congregation standing)
Minister: The Lord is in His holy
temple.
Let all the earth keep silence before
Him.
Doxology
(Congregation seated)
Responsive Reading No. G3 (back of
hymnal) Rev. M. E. Beck
Prayer Rev. M. E. Beck
Vocal Solo
Offertory: "Adagio Cantabile"
Beethoven
Reading of Thanksgiving Proclamation
Anthem: "Prayer of Thanksgiving"
Valerius-Kremser
Sermon: "Seeing The Important"
Hymn No. 234
Benediction Rev. Dr. E. P. *W*Sse
Organ Postlude: "Postlude," Lawrence
RELIEF MEETING
Committees Appointed To Take Care
of Needy Families.
CHANGING WINDS
Less than four years ago, President Hoover broke the Solid South.
Republicans were saying that the victories in Florida and Texas proved
that the old loyalties were no longer
felt.
And now, the Solid South is there
ing us in the face. A couple of years P again. Moreover, Michigan Repub-
[Continued on page seven] I Hcans are wondering if they can save
0 : i the State in next year's election.
President Hoover had more than half
a million more votes in Michigan than
- - * - * We call the
outside aid.
Ellis B. Schiltz presided at the
meeting in the Community Building
on Thursday night to discuss measures to relieve the distress of certain
families in North Canton. Representative men and women filled the hall
on the second story.
Mr. Schiltz called for suggestions.
He got them. Everyone agreed to
help, and do it quickly. Mr. Schiltz;
said the relief fund had received
$132.10 from the football game between the Nortli Canton high school
and Brewster high.
"Bob"'Willigmann is working with
Ellis Schiltz in relief work. Mr. Willigmann located sevei*al families needing coal. "I found the coal dealers
willing to do their share and the owners of trucks are giving us help," he
said to a writer for The Sun. "Coal
has pbeen , placed in several cellars.
Please say.for me In The Sun that I'll
appreciate it if any one in need will
call me. My phone number is 9210
and my address is 328 Portage street."'
Women On the Job '
Mrs. Gordon Curry and Mrs. R. C.
Willigmann spoke at the meeting.
Both ladies had excellent suggestions
to offer, as did Miss Esta Stoner. The
chairman thanked them for their interest. Mrs. Curry said the Legion
and Legion Auxiliary were working
to keep the wolf from the doorstep of
ex-service men and their families, and
she felt confident that with a little
extra pushing everybody in needy circumstances would be taken care of.
Mrs. Willigmann is busy helping
the needy in Canton, but she promised that her committee would do everything possible to relieve distress in
North Canton.
After the meeting Mr. Schiltz said'
to a writer for The Sun:
"For all these things and many
more our great united family of
North Canton ought to give thanks
on Thursday. Let pessimists tell of
our shortcomings. But we are optimists. We are going to do the right
thing for those in need, and we are
going to do it in the North Canton
way, which means with promptness
and without calling upon outsiders to
help us. When Spring arrives and
business revives we won't even think
of relief committees. There will be
no occasion to do so. But let this
sink into the minds of all: North Canton is not going to sit idle and see
one worthy person suffer. This town
has a heart."
ONLY $11,000,000,000
China is going in for planning, with! Alfred E. Smith in 192S.
itside aid. The government has j weather, barometer changeable but it
grandiose schemes for industrializing j is mild in its fluctuations as compared
the couiitry, calling for the expendi- with the political barometer,
ture of $11,000,000,000 for machinery
alone, during the next 10 years.
With any guarantee of security
over a reasonable period, China could
undoubtedly spend this vast sum and
make it* yield a profit. But until China
can guarantee that civil war will
cease and that the bandit armies will
be eradicated, it is difficult to see
where the . $11,000,000,000 will come
from, At present, China is hardly a
good, risk for a much smaller investment.
B. A. Gets An Answer
"As for that bronze wolf Rome is
to present to Cincinnati," writes B.
A. "it seems to me that Romolus, N.
Y., or Remus, Mich., have Ibetter
claims on the gift than has the city
called after Cincinnatus."—B o s t o n
Transcript.
Sez you! Well, try and get it away
from us! Besides, those two kids are
old enough now not to need a wolf for
a nurse.—Cincinnati Enquirer.
W. C. T. U. MEETS
Group To Give Program In Community Building On Dec. 1.
The W. C. T. U. will meet in the
Community Building at 2:00 p.m. on
December 1. The following program
has .been arranged with Mrs. Frank
Wise leading the devotional.
Mrs. Beulah Storks will speak- on
"Traffic Safety and Alcohol"; Mrs.
Grace Baughman, "Alcohol, the Foe-
of Efficience"; Mrs. Esther Climes,.
"The Optimist Hands the Pessimist,
a Few Facts"; Mrs. Bertha Willa-
man, "The Crusaders of '73." Music-
will be furnished by Mrs. Helen Jester.